English-Thai Dictionary
feast
N งานฉลอง งานเลี้ยง งานเทศกาล banquet festival carnival ngan-cha-long
feast
VI เลี้ยง กินเลี้ยง เลี้ยงรับรอง จัด งานเลี้ยง banquet feed attend liang
feastful
A ที่ ร่าเริง สนุกสนาน
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FEAST
n.[L. festum.] 1. A sumptuous repast or entertainment, of which a number of guests partake; particularly, a rich or splendid public entertainment.
On Pharaoh's birth day, he made a feast to all his servants. Genesis 4 :2 .
2. A rich or delicious repast or meal; something delicious to the palate.
3. A ceremony of feasting; joy and thanksgiving on stated days, in commemoration of some great event, or in honor of some distinguished personage; an anniversary, periodical or stated celebration of some event; a festival; as on occasion of the games in Greece, and the feast of the passover, the feast of Pentecost, and the feast of tabernacles among the Jews.
4. Something delicious and entertaining to the mind or soul; as the dispensation of the gospel is called a feast of fat things. Isaiah 25:6.
5. That which delights and entertains.
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Proverbs 15:15.
In the English church, feasts are immovable or movable; immovable, when they occur on the same day of the year, as Christmas day, etc. ; and movable, when they are not confined to the same day of the year, as Easter, which regulates many others.
FEAST
v.i. 1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions; particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.
And his sons went and feasted in their houses. Job 1:4.
2. To be highly gratified or delighted.
FEAST
v.t. 1. To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table magnificently; as, he was feasted by the king.
2. To delight; to pamper; to gratify luxuriously; as, to feast the soul.
Whose taste or smell can bless the feasted sense.
FEASTED
pp. Entertained sumptuously; delighted.
FEASTER
n. 1. One who fares deliciously.
2. One who entertains magnificently.
FEASTFUL
a. 1. Festive; joyful; as a feastful day or friend.
2. Sumptuous, luxurious; as feastful rites.
FEASTING
ppr. 1. Eating luxuriously; faring sumptuously.
2. Delighting; gratifying.
3. Entertaining with a sumptuous table.
FEASTING
n.An entertainment.
FEASTRITE
n.Custom observed in entertainments.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FEAST
Feast, n. Etym: [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. fête, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fair, n., Festal, F.]
1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Ex. xiii. 6. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. Luke ii. 41.
Note: Ecclesiastical fasts are called immovable when they always occur on the same day of the year; otherwise they are called movable.
2. A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food. Enough is as good as a feast. Old Proverb. Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords. Dan. v. 1.
3. That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment. The feast of reason, and the flow of soul. Pope. Feast day, a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemo
Syn. -- Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal; festivity; festival. -- Feast, Banquet, Festival, Carousal. A feast sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abudance; a banquet is a luxurious feast; a festival is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event. Carousal is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and drink.
FEAST
Feast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Feasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Feasting. ] Etym: [OE. festen, cf. OF. fester to rest from work, F. fêter to celebrate a holiday. See Feast, n.]
1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals. And his sons went and feasted in their houses. Job. i. 4.
2. To be highly gratified or delighted. With my love's picture then my eye doth feast. Shak.
FEAST
FEAST Feast, v. t.
1. To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king. Hayward.
2. To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul. Feast your ears with the music a while. Shak.
FEASTER
FEASTER Feast "er, n.
1. One who fares deliciously.
2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.
FEASTFUL
FEASTFUL Feast "ful, a.
Defn: Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. "Feastful days. " Milton. -- Feast "ful *ly, adv.
New American Oxford Dictionary
feast
feast |fēst fist | ▶noun a large meal, typically one in celebration of something: a wedding feast. • a plentiful supply of something enjoyable, esp. for the mind or senses: the concert season offers a feast of classical music. • an annual religious celebration. • a day dedicated to a particular saint: the feast of St. Joseph. ▶verb [ no obj. ] eat and drink sumptuously: the men would congregate and feast after hunting. • (feast on ) eat large quantities of: we sat feasting on barbecued chicken and beer. • [ with obj. ] give (someone ) a plentiful and delicious meal: he was feasted and invited to all the parties. PHRASES skeleton at the feast a person or thing that brings gloom or sadness to an otherwise pleasant or celebratory occasion. feast one's eyes on gaze at with pleasure. feast or famine either too much of something or too little. DERIVATIVES feast er noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French feste (noun ), fester (verb ), from Latin festa, neuter plural of festus ‘joyous. ’ Compare with fête and fiesta .
feast day
feast day |ˈfis (t ) ˌdeɪ | ▶noun a day on which a celebration, esp. an annual Christian one, is held.
Feast of Dedication
Feast of Ded i ca tion ▶noun another name for Hanukkah.
Feast of Tabernacles
Feast of Tab er nac les |fist əv | ▶noun another name for Succoth.
Feast of Weeks
Feast of Weeks |fist əv | ▶noun another name for Shavuoth.
Oxford Dictionary
feast
feast |fiːst | ▶noun 1 a large meal, typically a celebratory one: a wedding feast. • a plentiful supply of something enjoyable: the concert season offers a feast of classical music. 2 an annual religious celebration. • a day dedicated to a particular saint: the feast of St John. • Brit. an annual village festival. ▶verb [ no obj. ] eat and drink sumptuously: the men would congregate and feast after hunting. • (feast on ) eat large quantities of: we sat feasting on barbecued chicken and beer. • [ with obj. ] give (someone ) a plentiful and delicious meal: they feasted the deputation. PHRASES ghost (or skeleton ) at the feast a person or thing that brings gloom to an otherwise pleasant occasion. feast one's eyes on gaze at with pleasure. feast or famine either too much of something or too little. DERIVATIVES feaster noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French feste (noun ), fester (verb ), from Latin festa, neuter plural of festus ‘joyous ’. Compare with fete and fiesta .
feast day
feast day ▶noun a day on which a celebration, especially an annual Christian one, is held.
Feast of Dedication
Feast of Dedication ▶noun another name for Hanukkah.
Feast of Tabernacles
Feast of Tabernacles ▶noun another name for Succoth.
Feast of Weeks
Feast of Weeks ▶noun another name for Shavuoth.
American Oxford Thesaurus
feast
feast noun 1 a wedding feast: banquet, celebration meal, lavish dinner; entertainment; revels, festivities; informal blowout, spread. 2 the feast of St. Stephen: (religious ) festival, feast day, saint's day, holy day, holiday. 3 a feast for the eyes: treat, delight, joy, pleasure. ▶verb 1 they feasted on lobster: gorge on, dine on, eat one's fill of, overindulge in, binge on; eat, devour, consume, partake of; informal stuff one's face with, stuff oneself with, pig out on, chow down on. 2 they feasted the returning heroes: hold a banquet for, throw a party for, wine and dine, entertain lavishly, regale, treat, fête.
Oxford Thesaurus
feast
feast noun 1 the occasion was celebrated with a great feast: banquet, celebration meal, lavish dinner, sumptuous repast, large meal, formal meal, formal dinner; treat, entertainment, jollification; revels, festivities; informal blowout, feed, junket, spread, binge, bash, do; Brit. informal nosh-up, beanfeast, bunfight, beano, scoff, slap-up meal, tuck-in. ANTONYMS snack; fast. 2 the feast of St Stephen: festival, religious festival, feast day, saint's day, holy day, holiday, fete, festivity, celebration. 3 the decorations are a feast for the eyes: treat, delight, joy, pleasure, gratification. ▶verb 1 they feasted on lobster and beef: gorge on, dine on, eat one's fill of, indulge in, overindulge in; eat, devour, consume, partake of; banquet; informal binge on, stuff one's face with, stuff oneself with, stuff down, shovel down, wolf down, pig oneself on, pig out on, make a pig of oneself on, cram in, tuck into, put away, pack away, make short work of, get outside of, get one's laughing gear round; Brit. informal gollop, shift; N. Amer. informal snarf; rare gourmandize. 2 they feasted the deputation: hold a banquet for, throw a feast for, wine and dine, ply with food and drink, give someone a meal, feed, cater for; entertain lavishly, regale, treat, fete, throw a party for, play host to.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
feast
feast /fiːst / (! -ea-は /iː /) 〖原義は 「祝祭 (日 )」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 (大勢の客が集まる )祝宴 , 宴会 (!公式なものはbanquet ) ▸ a wedding feast 結婚披露宴 ▸ make [hold ] a feast 祝宴を開く 2 ごちそう ▸ have a feast ごちそうを食べる 3 〖a ～〗【目 耳にとっての 】(さまざまな )楽しみ «for , to » ▸ a feast for the eyes ≒ a visual feast 目の保養, 眼福 4 (宗教的 )祭り, 祝い ;｟ 英 ｠村祭り ; (宗教上の )祭日, 祝日 (feast day )▸ the romantic Feast of St Valentine on February 14 2月14日のロマンチックな聖バレンタインの祝日 ▸ movable feasts 移動祝 (祭 )日 〘Easterのように年々日が一定していない教会祝日 〙f è ast or f á mine 潤沢か欠乏か ; 浮き沈みが激しい .動詞 自動詞 【ごちそうなどを 】たくさん食べる ; « …を » 楽しむ «on , upon » ; 祝宴に列する .他動詞 «…で » (大いに )〈人 〉をもてなす, …にごちそうをする ; « …で » 〈目 心 〉を楽しませる «on , upon » ▸ Just feast your eyes on this .これを見て目の保養をしなさい f è ast A aw á y [aw á y A ]宴会でA 〈時 〉を過ごす .
The Wordsmith Dictionary